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Public lecture

What in the cell is going on?

Presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale. 

Date Thursday, January 26, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, SLAC, Building 53
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
News Feature
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SLAC Experts

Wah Chiu

Professor at SLAC and Stanford Director of CryoEM and Bioimaging Division at SLAC

Areas of research: Science of life; cryo-EM; bioimaging; RNA structure; cryo-ET of neuronal cells; atomic-resolution cryo-EM; pandemic-related structures

Photo of Professor Wah Chui with a cryo-electron micrcoscope
SLAC experts

Michael Minitti

Senior Staff Scientist, Director of MeV-UED facility

Areas of research: X-ray and ultrafast science; Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); LCLS-II; molecular movies; chemical sciences; chemical dynamics; X-ray imaging; ultrafast electron diffraction...

Michael Minitti
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SLAC staff gather in the accelerator control room to celebrate first light produced by the LCLS-II project’s pioneering superconducting accelerator.
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First light celebration
Photograph

New undulator hall

The original LCLS undulator system was removed and replaced with two totally new systems that offer dramatic new capabilities. 
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New undulator hall
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LCLS-II cryoplant

A schematic of the LCLS-II cryoplant.
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A schematic of a building with various pieces of cooling equipment.
Photograph

Cryomodule installation

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Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel
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SSRL's X-ray tools reveal that alcohol groups on a nanodiamond's surface allow one of the world's most valuable materials to bond with one of...

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Purple layers surround angular red chunks. These are struck by gold rays, which release white spheres from the purple and red objects.
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Angel Garcia-Esparza wins 2023 Spicer Young Investigator Award for studying catalysts in action

Garcia-Esparza’s research offers unique insights into catalysts relevant to renewable energy generation and emerging materials for microelectronics.

August 17, 2023  ·  3 min read
This is a photograph of SSRL scientist Angel Garcia Esparza, who was awarded the 2023 Spicer Award
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Q&A: The molecular recipe for building climate change-resistant plants

In our rapidly changing world, plants must adapt to new environments or die. Ritimukta Sarangi discusses how researchers and users at SSRL are tackling...

August 31, 2023  ·  6 min read
A graphic illustrating a plant and the many kinds of interactions it has with its environment.
News Feature

A foundation that fits just right gives superconducting nickelates a boost

It irons out wrinkles in thin films of these novel superconductors so scientists can see their true nature for the first time. 

July 12, 2023  ·  4 min read
Colorized electron microscope images reveal defects in the atomic structure of a nickelate superconductor (right) compared to a defect-free structure (right)